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Is Cruise Line Responsible For Its Doctor’s Decisions? Supreme Court asked to decide that question.

Medication Errors Hit 1.5 Million Americans Annually Institute of Medicine report finds error rate so high most hospital patients are exposed to one error per day.

Survey: D.C. Medical Society Fabricated Obstetrician Shortage Society is a "cynical fear-monger," Public Citizen charges.

Malpractice Insurers Inflated Losses, Study Finds Bilked doctors of billions, consumers group charges.

U.S. Health Care Most Expensive & Most Error Prone Not only do Americans pay much more for medical treatment, they also bear the brunt of the most medical errors, a study finds.

Errors Common In Cancer Diagnosis More than 1 in 10 cancer cases misdiagnosed, study finds.

Report Suggests Malpractice Insurance Price-Gouging State officials concerned by disparities in actual results vs. insurers' claims.

Report Finds No Link Between Doctors' Premiums and Malpractice Suits While premiums climb, malpractice payouts decline, study finds.

Study: Drastic Changes Needed to Improve Patient Safety Proposals to limit medical malpractice liability should be expanded to pursue long-term changes that truly improve safety, not just limit liability, study finds.

Patriots' Charlie Weis Files Malpractice Suit Stomach-stapling surgery nearly killed him, the once-portly Weis alleges.

Studies Allege Bayer Was Too Slow Withdrawing Baycol Risk of harm was much higher than originally thought, researchers say.

FDA Vet Blows Whistle on "Broken" Agency Warns that, besides Vioxx, other popular drugs pose health dangers.

Bextra Doubles Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke, Study Finds High-risk patients are "canaries in a cage," researcher warns.

Louisiana Charges Hospital with Fraud and Neglect Staff allegedly ignored some mentally ill patients, abused others, billed government for care not delivered.

Poll: Consumers Want Action on Health Care Costs Doctors put malpractice caps at top of list.

New Jersey Court Upholds Tightened Anesthesia Rules New rules apply stronger patient protections to surgical procedures performed in doctor's offices.

Houston Hospital Settles Malpractice Suit Patient, 23, died after being given drug against doctor's orders.

$17 Million Award in Athlete's Death Milwaukee high school athlete died failed to treat intestinal disorder.

GE: Malpractice Caps Don't Work GE makes admission in a filing for a 19% rate increase six months after Texas enacted caps on medical malpractice awards.

NY Couple Receives $2.5 Million in Nose Case Headaches resulted from unnecessary surgery, plaintiff claimed.

Texas Mother Loses Malpractice Case Newborn suffered nerve damage due to vaginal delivery, mother argued.

Too Many Malpractice Suits or Not Enough? Evidence lacking to support claims that malpractice cases are a national menace.

Assisted Living Residents Not Getting Proper Meds, Study Finds Undertreatment appears "prevalent" in retirement communities and assisted living facilities

Jury Award in PA Malpractice Case Questioned Did public debate about damage caps affect jury's decision?

Jury Award in PA Malpractice Case Questioned Did public debate about damage caps affect jury's decision?

Lawmakers Hear from Malpractice Victims Maryland considering legislation to cap jury awards to victims.

Jury Award Halved by Indiana Malpractice Damage Limits The jury awarded the family of Robin Christopher, 39, $1.5 million but a state law limits awards to $750,000.

Jury Awards Miami Widower $507,000 in Malpractice Case Patient died of cancer that doctor allegedly missed.

Schwarzenegger Vetoes Hospital Infection Control Bill The bill would have required public disclosure of hospital infection rates.

Four States Consider Malpractice Limits in November Elections Consumers' right to sue already limited in 27 states.

Ensign Group Nursing Homes on Watch List Yearly expose finds substandard care and repeated patient care violations.

FDA Proposes Hospital Bed Entrapment Rules Agency received 575 reports of patient entrapment over 15 years.

Uninsured Older Adults More Likely to Die Study find lack of insurance third-leading cause of death.

Study Finds Nearly 200,000 Deaths Annually from Hospital Errors The equivalent of 390 jumbo jets full of people are dying each year because of mistakes, the study warned.

Study Finds Health Care Substandard Rich and poor alike often fail to get appropriate care, RAND study finds.

X-Rays Cause "Hundreds of Extra Cancers" Per Year British study finds 1% of U.S. cancers result from x-rays.

Study: Health System Fails Seniors Half the Time Record is even worse for common age-related disorders.

Long Nurses' Hours Endanger Patients National Academy of Sciences cautions nursing homes, hospitals.

Louisiana Eye Surgeon Fined $1 Million Violated federal rules regarding clinical studies of LASIK device.

Medical "Quality Gaps" Cause 57,000+ Deaths Annually Patients die when proven methods are ignored.

GAO Finds Malpractice Lawsuits Don't Limit Access to Care Agency disputes doctors' claims they are being driven out of business by malpractice awards.

Damage Caps Don't Prevent Malpractice Premium Increases, Study Finds States without damage caps show slower premium increases than states with caps.

LASIK Ads Misleading, FTC Charges Agency charges two large LASIK providers can't substantiate their claims.

Kaiser Will Publish Treatment Guidelines Will help patients assess their treatment plan.


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